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Hydrocotyle verticillata
Also called Whorled Marsh Pennywort, Whorled Water Pennywort, Water Coin, Whorled Pennywort, Dollarweed
Whorled marshpennywort is a creeping aquatic or bog plant with round, shield-like leaves borne in whorls along the stems. It is grown mainly as an aquarium foreground plant and in wet or pond-edge settings; it needs constant moisture and at least moderate light.
Hydrocotyle verticillata, also known as whorled pennywort, whorled marshpennywort or shield pennywort, is a flowering plant found in South and North America and the West Indies. Its creeping habit and unusual leaves give it its common names. It grows in places that are marshy, boggy, or even wet. Hydrocotyle verticillata is used in aquaria, where it is undemanding; it does prefer a good substrate, however, and at least moderate light. It benefits from additional carbon dioxide. It is widely used as a foreground plant.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hydrocotyle verticillata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
